Hi! I'm Veneta!

My mission is to inspire you to fully taste every precious drop of “this one wild and precious life” that we are each given.

A bit of my history...

My early caterpillar days were packed full of all kinds of insecurities.

I suffered from chronic anxiety which brought on debilitating depression and even suicidal ideations.

The negative self beliefs infected my life in many ways, bringing on painful self sabotage and abuse with all kinds of toxic substances and situations.

After I had one of the most terrifying panic attacks of my life, I humbly realized that I needed some help and started diving into the world of Personal Development.

Seeing how much of my pain was caused by my mindset and beliefs, I became deeply inspired to help spread this knowledge and free others of the suffering created by their own minds as well.

This passion set me of on a trajectory to get my Bachelor's Degree in Psychology.

Yet, after interning at a children's home, suicide prevention hotline, mental health center, and domestic violence hotline, I not only got burnt out, but also became deeply disillusioned by the field of western psychology!

I felt that the common combination of talk therapy and pharmaceuticals was missing some major components; elements like the rest of the body below the neck, the imagination, our connection to nature, and the spirit.

This inquiry pushed me to courageously leave my home town near Chicago and set me on the adventurous quest in search for alternative ways of healing ourselves.

This is where yoga stretched into my life.

At first, I was attracted to the practice to get my butt to look good in yoga pants; yet, I quickly discovered that the practice has so much more to it than the result of a nice ass.

As I laid in Savasana (final resting “corpse pose“) and tears started pouring out of me from all the years of repressed emotions. I started to realize the profound implications yoga had for my mind as well.